WRITER

Hervé Le Tellier

1957 - Today

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Hervé Le Tellier (French pronunciation: [ɛʁve lə tɛlje]; born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature"). He is its fourth president. Other notable members have included Raymond Queneau, Georges Perec, Italo Calvino, Jacques Roubaud, Jean Lescure and Harry Mathews. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hervé Le Tellier has received more than 96,960 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hervé Le Tellier is the 4,298th most popular writer (down from 3,776th in 2019), the 4,073rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,602nd in 2019) and the 523rd most popular French Writer.

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  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hervé Le Tellier ranks 4,298 out of 7,302Before him are Gervase of Tilbury, Iwan Bloch, William Trevor, František Langer, Vincenzo Cerami, and Colm Tóibín. After him are Diane Disney Miller, Janko Matúška, Decimus Laberius, Yun Seondo, Agustina Bessa-Luís, and Luis Vélez de Guevara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Hervé Le Tellier ranks 209Before him are Len Blavatnik, Jackie Shroff, Lori Singer, Denis Leary, Miquel Barceló, and Sheila E.. After him are Yuri Shevchuk, Ian Stuart Donaldson, Siouxsie Sioux, Claude Criquielion, Kumar Sanu, and Filippo Grandi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hervé Le Tellier ranks 4,073 out of 6,770Before him are Frédéric Vasseur (1968), Gervase of Tilbury (1155), Lucas Hernandez (1996), José Bové (1953), Eugène Flachat (1802), and Adrien Auzout (1622). After him are Juliet Berto (1947), René Goblet (1828), Jean-Michel Aulas (1949), Ferdinand Sarrien (1840), Jules Vandooren (1908), and Émile Champion (1879).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Hervé Le Tellier ranks 523Before him are Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920), Konrad Pellikan (1478), Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (1709), Marcel Arland (1899), Benoîte Groult (1920), and Gervase of Tilbury (1155). After him are Maurice Sachs (1906), Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813), Louis Hémon (1880), Pierre Mac Orlan (1882), Jean-Richard Bloch (1884), and Olivier de Serres (1539).